Sports this 'n' that

Troy High's women's basketball team snapped a 5 game losing streak, dating back to the 2nd round of the sectionals last winter, in beating Mohonasen on Friday night. Jenalyse Alarcon & Alaina Holmes had 14 points apiece to lead the Lady Horses, who now will try to break the hex Averill Park has over them on Tuesday, starting a stretch of three games in four nights. They're home to play Schenectady on Thursday, then back on the road at Siena College to play Shaker in the first half of a holiday doubleheader (Shaker's boys will play Albany Academy in the nightcap), which explains why the Troy-Shaker game on December 8 wasn't played.
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Speaking of doubleheaders, there was one in Colonie on Saturday in hockey, and both games ended in draws (they don't have shootouts in high school hockey). Burnt Hills & CBA played to a 1-1 standoff, and Shaker-Colonie vs. LaSalle ended in a 3-3 tie. LaSalle stays on the road, hitting the North Country to play Adirondack (formerly Tri-Falls) Tuesday before coming home to play Queensbury on Friday. At 2-2-1 overall (1-1-1 in league play), the Cadets know they have a huge target on their collective back after winning the Section II title in February.
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The infamous "Calvin Johnson rule" came into play again Sunday, costing Pittsburgh the #1 seed in the AFC in a loss to New England.

For those that don't know, some know-nothings in the NFL office decided to redefine the act of making a catch after one of Johnson's circus catches turned into an incomplete pass per the judgment of the referee working the game via replay. In Sunday's game, Pittsburgh's Jesse James appears to have scored a game-winning touchdown, but, as replay shows, once his hands and the ball hit the ground, even though the ball is still cradled in those hands, it's moving, and, as referee Tony Corrente, who negated a Jets touchdown vs. New England at the Meadowlands earlier in the season, explained, James "didn't survive the catch".

Pittsburgh supporters and the Patriots' legion of detractors will tell you that it's a stupid rule and a typical late game BS call to favor the reigning Super Bowl champs. Oh, by the way, Corrente's crew only called two accepted penalties on New England for 4 yards, purposely ignoring repeated offensive pass interference fouls by Rob Gronkowski, just because of his star status. Sorry, but that is not acceptable.

Bottom line: The "Calvin Johnson rule" needs to be expunged yesterday.
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Congratulations to Albany native and former radio personality Dalton Castle, who won the Ring of Honor World title Friday night in New York, defeating Cody "The American Nightmare" Rhodes, ending Rhodes' reign. Just a couple of weeks earlier, Rhodes dropped the Northeast Wrestling title to Travis "Flip" Gordon, who, like Castle, is an alumnus of Dynasty Pro Wrestling, or, as they'd prefer, The Dynasty. Where did aspiring actor Cody fail? He came to the ring with his hair newly bleached blond in memory of his late father, Dusty. While he uses some of his dad's moves, Cody doesn't have the commanding presence "The American Dream" had.

As for Castle, he is the first wrestler from the Capital Region to win a World men's singles title in any promotion.